The Witcher 3 tweak thread

Please post your .inf tweaks and sweet fx settings here.

Thanks.

 

The Witcher 3 with 8 presets

The Witcher 3 with 8 presets.All have SMAA on so you can turn off in game AA if you want.

Installation
The Witcher 3/SweetFX/reshade(With 8 Presets) Quick Changes

1.Extract all files in download to The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\bin\x64 folder.
2.Start game.
3.Delete key to toggle Reshade/SweetFX

Change Reshade/SweetFX
1.Alt + Tab out of game.
2.Go to game folder and open SweetFX Folder.
3.Open Copy&Paste SweetFX_Settings Presets folder.
4.Open any of the 8 Presets Folders.
5.Copy the SweetFX_settings in the folder.
6.Replace the copied SweetFX_settings file with the SweetFX_settings file in the SweetFX folder.
7.Alt + Enter back into game.
8.Delete key to toggle Reshade/SweetFX

Download The Witcher 3 with 8 presets
http://www.mediafire.com/download/266b8p9zpi723tw/The+Witcher+3+SweetFX+8+Presets.7z

Screens of preset

witcher3 default


witcher3 dark blue yellow


witcher3 less colour sharping


witcher3 more blue-yellow


witcher3 more red


witcher3 More Vibrant


witcher3 sepia


witcher3 smaa fxaa default


witcher3 Vibrant

 

Better Hairworks performance :

Main game folder > The Witcher 3\bin\config\base\rendering.ini

Search for >
HairWorksAALevel (default its set to 8)

Choose 4 2 or 0 for good fps boost with hairworks active.

Choosing 2 instead of 8 gives around 10fps boost according to some people on steam.

 

Is that with hairworks on or with it just set to Geralt?

 

i think that shud apply for everything, hairworks setting has a different name, so that looks like the "intensity", not where its applied

 

As the Witcher 3 Graphic Downgrade is confirmed, I wonder if this is gonna become like Watch Dogs modding... finding all those old files.
What do you think?

 

A few Tweaks that will boost performance a lot.

1 Go to your Witcher 3 game folder bin\config\base and open these files and modify any values you would like to lower

Rendering.ini - This is how mine looks after optimizations

Code:

[PostProcess]
AllowBloom=true
AllowShafts=true
AllowAntialias=false
AllowMSAA=false
AllowBlur=true
AllowDOF=true
AllowVignette=true
AllowSharpen=true
AllowRain=true
AllowSSAO=true
AllowMotionBlur=true
AllowCutsceneDOF=true
AllowBillboards=true
AllowSoftLight=true
AllowFog=true
AllowUnderwater=true
AllowChromaticAberration=false
[Rendering]
MaxTextureSize=1024
MaxAtlasTextureSize=1024
MaxCubeShadowSize=256
MaxSpotShadowSize=256
TextureDownscale=0
DetailTextureDownscale=0
AtlasTextureDownscale=0
TextureMemoryBudget=500
TextureMemoryGUIBudget=80
TextureTimeBudget=10
TextureInFlightBudget=128	
DecalsChance=1.0f
DecalsSpawnDistanceCutoff=8.0f
TextureStreamingDistanceLimit=200.f
TextureStreamingCharacterDistanceLimit=30.f
TextureStreamingHeadsDistanceLimit=07.f
TextureStreamingReduceGameplayLOD=true
UberSampling=0
TextureMipBias=0
MsaaLevel=0
DynamicDecalsLimit=7
MeshRenderingDistanceScale=1.0f
MeshLODDistanceScale=1.0f
TerrainScreenSpaceErrorThreshold=2.0f
TerrainErrorMetricMultiplier=10
ForceInstantAdaptation=false
ForceInstantEnvProbeUpdate=false
EnableTemporalAA=true
CascadeShadowFadeTreshold=3.0f
CascadeShadowmapSize=512
CascadeShadowQuality=0
MaxCascadeCount=3
MaxTerrainShadowAtlasCount=2
GlobalOceanTesselationFactor=7
UseDynamicWaterSimulation=false
UseHairWorks=true
HairWorksAALeve=0
TerrainReadAheadDistance=140.0f
ForcedDebugPreviewIndex=-1
HardwareCursor=false
[TextureStreaming]
MaxResidentMipMap=4
[LevelOfDetail]
MeshLodGameplayDownscale=0
CharacterLodGameplayDownscale=0
DecalsHideDistance=15
StripeHideDistance=27
SwarmHideDistance=65
DimmerHideDistance=25
[Budget]
DecalBudget=25

I have lowered values for a lot of stuff here, no crashes, just buttery smooth gameplay, but you need to also modify the file in your documents\Witcher 3\User Settings, just open the file in a word program like Notepad++

Inside you will see this (this is with everything on Ultra settings), before optimizing, apply the settings you want in game then quit, use the file created to do your optimizations, try to optimize when you are about 15 FPS below your desired framerate

Code:

[Gameplay/EntityPool]
SpawnedLimit=150
[Hidden]
HasSetup=true
uiVerticalFrameScale=1
uiHorizontalFrameScale=1
[Localization]
SpeechLanguage=EN
TextLanguage=EN
[Viewport]
VSync=true
Resolution="1920x1080"
FullScreenMode=2
VSyncThreshold=0
OutputMonitor=-1
[System]
HWPreset=0
[Budget]
cvMaxAllowedLightsShadowTime=1
cvMaxAllowedApexDestroTickedTime=0.2
cvMaxAllowedGrass=30000
cvMaxAllowedDecalsDynamic=10
cvMaxAllowedDynMeshes=104857600
cvMaxAllowedChunksSkinnedTime=2.5
cvMaxAllowedTrianglesSkinned=100000
cvMaxAllowedDecalsSSTime=0.1
cvMaxAllowedLightsShadow=3
TerrainTileMipDataBudget=100
cvMaxAllowedApexTicked=60
cvMaxAllowedActiveEnvProbesTime=0.1
cvMaxAllowedStatTextures=314572800
cvMaxAllowedSpeedTree=5000
cvMaxAllowedLightsNonShadowsTime=0.2
cvMaxAllowedSpeedTreeTime=2.2
cvMaxAllowedChunksStatic=1500
cvMaxAllowedTrianglesStatic=500000
cvMaxAllowedHiresChunks=25
cvMaxAllowedDecalsDynamicTime=0.5
cvMaxAllowedLightsNonShadows=40
cvMaxAllowedChunksStaticTime=1.5
cvMaxAllowedChunksSkinned=400
cvMaxAllowedApexDestroTicked=20
cvMaxAllowedStatMeshes=209715200
TerrainTileMinTimeout=2
cvMaxAllowedHiresChunksTime=0.2
cvMaxAllowedApexTickedTime=0.5
cvMaxAllowedCharTextures=209715200
cvMaxAllowedParticlesCountTime=0.2
cvMaxAllowedParticlesCount=1000
cvMaxAllowedGrassTime=1.5
TerrainTileTimeout=10
OcclusionQueryAdditionalMemory=5
TerrainTileLoadingTimeout=5
cvMaxAllowedDecalsSS=160
[Audio]
Subtitles=true
[LoadingScreen/TCR]
ShowProgress=true
[Game]
DoNotPauseWhileStopped=false
[PostProcess]
MotionBlurPositionTreshold=0.05
MotionBlurRotationTreshold=1
AllowShafts=false
AllowAntialias=true
AllowDOF=false
SSAOSolution=2
[Input]
PadVibrationEnabled=true
KeyboardCooldownSpeed=0.1
InvertCameraXOnMouse=false
InvertCameraYOnMouse=false
CameraAutoRotX=true
InvertCameraX=false
UIMouseSensitivity=1
CameraAutoRotY=true
RightStickCameraSensitivity=1
InvertCameraY=false
RightStickAimSensitivity=1
MouseSensitivity=1
[Gameplay]
Difficulty=0
[LevelOfDetail]
SwarmHideDistance=200
DecalsHideDistance=80
DimmerHideDistance=60
DynamicDecalsHideDistance=20
StripeHideDistance=60
[General]
ConfigVersion=1
[LoadingScreen/Editor]
Disabled=false
[LoadingOverlay/TCR]
FadeOutCooldownExtraTime=1
FadeInSpinnerTime=1
NoninteractiveSpinnerTime=3
FadeOutSpinnerTime=1
NoninteractiveEndCooldown=1
[Visuals]
InventoryBgColorScaleB=0.036
InventoryFixedLuminance=0.25
InventoryBgColorScaleG=0.034
MovieFramerate=30
GammaValue=1
InventoryBgColorScaleR=0.02
[Rendering]
GrassDensity=2400
DecalsSpawnDistanceCutoff=8
TextureStreamingHeadsDistanceLimit=7
GlobalOceanTesselationFactor=64
TextureStreamingCharacterDistanceLimit=30
CascadeShadowFadeTreshold=1
CascadeShadowDistanceScale2=1.5
TextureStreamingDistanceLimit=200
MaxCascadeCount=4
UseDynamicWaterSimulation=true
TextureMemoryBudget=800
CascadeShadowDistanceScale3=1.5
MeshLODDistanceScale=1
MaxSpotShadowSize=512
ScaleformTextureUnstreamDelay=2.5
DecalsChance=1
MaxAtlasTextureSize=2048
TerrainReadAheadDistance=140
MaxTextureSize=2048
HairWorksLevel=2
TerrainScreenSpaceErrorThreshold=1.6
MaxTerrainShadowAtlasCount=4
MaxCubeShadowSize=512
TextureInFlightCountBudget=12
TerrainErrorMetricMultiplier=6
CascadeShadowmapSize=3072
CascadeShadowDistanceScale0=1
MeshRenderingDistanceScale=1
CascadeShadowQuality=1
HairWorksAALevel=8
CascadeShadowDistanceScale1=1
[Input/Gestures]
EnableSwipe=true
EnablePan=true
EnableGestures=true
EnablePinch=true
[LoadingScreen]
FadeInTime=3
SkipShowWithAnyKey=true
GameRevealTime=3
SkipHideDelay=3
SkipInputDelay=0.25
FadeOutTime=1.5
SkipAutoshow=false
[Engine]
LimitFPS=30
[Rendering/SpeedTree]
GrassGenerationEfficiency=0.075
GrassDistanceScale=1.5
FoliageDistanceScale=1.8
FoliageShadowDistanceScale=54
GrassRingSize=16777216
[TextureStreaming]
MaxResidentMipMap=6
[Save]
ShowCompatWarning=true
[Kinect]
Kinect=true
[Foliage]
MaxVisibilityDepth=24

Now let's optimize some very big values that can be lowered without causing a very noticeable hit in visuals

Code:

[Gameplay/EntityPool]
SpawnedLimit=150
[Hidden]
HasSetup=true
uiVerticalFrameScale=1
uiHorizontalFrameScale=1
[Localization]
SpeechLanguage=EN
TextLanguage=EN
[Viewport]
VSync=true
Resolution="1920x1080"
FullScreenMode=2
VSyncThreshold=0
OutputMonitor=-1
[System]
HWPreset=0
[Budget]
cvMaxAllowedLightsShadowTime=1
cvMaxAllowedApexDestroTickedTime=0.2
cvMaxAllowedGrass=30000 Mine is at 9000
cvMaxAllowedDecalsDynamic=10
cvMaxAllowedDynMeshes=104857600
cvMaxAllowedChunksSkinnedTime=2.5
cvMaxAllowedTrianglesSkinned=100000
cvMaxAllowedDecalsSSTime=0.1
cvMaxAllowedLightsShadow=3
TerrainTileMipDataBudget=100
cvMaxAllowedApexTicked=60
cvMaxAllowedActiveEnvProbesTime=0.1
cvMaxAllowedStatTextures=314572800 Have had no issues lowering this to 200000
cvMaxAllowedSpeedTree=5000   [B]Mine is at 900 way down, still looks great[/B]
cvMaxAllowedLightsNonShadowsTime=0.2
cvMaxAllowedSpeedTreeTime=2.2
cvMaxAllowedChunksStatic=1500 - Can be lowered without issue
cvMaxAllowedTrianglesStatic=500000
cvMaxAllowedHiresChunks=25
cvMaxAllowedDecalsDynamicTime=0.5
cvMaxAllowedLightsNonShadows=40  [B]Mine is at 25[/B]
cvMaxAllowedChunksStaticTime=1.5
cvMaxAllowedChunksSkinned=400
cvMaxAllowedApexDestroTicked=20
cvMaxAllowedStatMeshes=209715200
TerrainTileMinTimeout=2
cvMaxAllowedHiresChunksTime=0.2
cvMaxAllowedApexTickedTime=0.5
cvMaxAllowedCharTextures=209715200 - [B]I have turned this down by about 50% without issue[/B]
cvMaxAllowedParticlesCountTime=0.2
cvMaxAllowedParticlesCount=1000
cvMaxAllowedGrassTime=1.5
TerrainTileTimeout=10
OcclusionQueryAdditionalMemory=5
TerrainTileLoadingTimeout=5
cvMaxAllowedDecalsSS=160   [B]Mine is at 90[/B]
[Audio]
Subtitles=true
[LoadingScreen/TCR]
ShowProgress=true
[Game]
DoNotPauseWhileStopped=false
[PostProcess]
MotionBlurPositionTreshold=0.05
MotionBlurRotationTreshold=1
AllowShafts=false
AllowAntialias=true
AllowDOF=false
SSAOSolution=2
[Input]
PadVibrationEnabled=true
KeyboardCooldownSpeed=0.1
InvertCameraXOnMouse=false
InvertCameraYOnMouse=false
CameraAutoRotX=true
InvertCameraX=false
UIMouseSensitivity=1
CameraAutoRotY=true
RightStickCameraSensitivity=1
InvertCameraY=false
RightStickAimSensitivity=1
MouseSensitivity=1
[Gameplay]
Difficulty=0
[LevelOfDetail]
SwarmHideDistance=200
DecalsHideDistance=80
DimmerHideDistance=60
DynamicDecalsHideDistance=20
StripeHideDistance=60  [B]All LODs can be lowered, just find the number you're most comfortable with[/B]
[General]
ConfigVersion=1
[LoadingScreen/Editor]
Disabled=false
[LoadingOverlay/TCR]
FadeOutCooldownExtraTime=1
FadeInSpinnerTime=1
NoninteractiveSpinnerTime=3
FadeOutSpinnerTime=1
NoninteractiveEndCooldown=1
[Visuals]
InventoryBgColorScaleB=0.036
InventoryFixedLuminance=0.25
InventoryBgColorScaleG=0.034
MovieFramerate=30 put up the movie framerate to 60, movies use supersampling but we will disable that in step 3.
GammaValue=1
InventoryBgColorScaleR=0.02
[Rendering]
GrassDensity=2400 Mine is at [B]750[/B]
DecalsSpawnDistanceCutoff=8
TextureStreamingHeadsDistanceLimit=7
GlobalOceanTesselationFactor=64 I have mine at 8, 64 eats up tons of resources, and 8 looks fine
TextureStreamingCharacterDistanceLimit=30 - [B]Mine at 18[/B]
CascadeShadowFadeTreshold=1
CascadeShadowDistanceScale2=1.5 [B]mine at 1.0[/B]
TextureStreamingDistanceLimit=200 [B]I have mine at 150[/B]
MaxCascadeCount=4
UseDynamicWaterSimulation=true 
TextureMemoryBudget=800
CascadeShadowDistanceScale3=1.5
MeshLODDistanceScale=1
MaxSpotShadowSize=512
ScaleformTextureUnstreamDelay=2.5
DecalsChance=1
MaxAtlasTextureSize=2048  [B]512,1024 so on go 4096 if you are able[/B]
TerrainReadAheadDistance=140  [B]I have mine at 90[/B]
MaxTextureSize=2048  [B]512,1024 so on go 4096 if you are able[/B]
HairWorksLevel=2  [B]Hairworks is the real performance hitter so try everything else first if you want hair/gameworks, if you don't care set it to 0[/B]
TerrainScreenSpaceErrorThreshold=1.6
MaxTerrainShadowAtlasCount=4
MaxCubeShadowSize=512 [B]make it 256[/B]
TextureInFlightCountBudget=12
TerrainErrorMetricMultiplier=6
CascadeShadowmapSize=3072 - [B]make it 1024, 2048, whatever common 1-1 resolution you want[/B]
CascadeShadowDistanceScale0=1
MeshRenderingDistanceScale=1
CascadeShadowQuality=1
HairWorksAALevel=8
CascadeShadowDistanceScale1=1
[Input/Gestures]
EnableSwipe=true
EnablePan=true
EnableGestures=true
EnablePinch=true
[LoadingScreen]
FadeInTime=3
SkipShowWithAnyKey=true
GameRevealTime=3
SkipHideDelay=3
SkipInputDelay=0.25
FadeOutTime=1.5
SkipAutoshow=false
[Engine]
LimitFPS=60
[Rendering/SpeedTree]
GrassGenerationEfficiency=0.075
GrassDistanceScale=1.0
FoliageDistanceScale=1.0
FoliageShadowDistanceScale=30
GrassRingSize=10000000
[TextureStreaming]
MaxResidentMipMap=6
[Save]
ShowCompatWarning=true
[Kinect]
Kinect=true
[Foliage]
MaxVisibilityDepth=24

Make the User Settings file read Only after your optimizations.

One last step, movies in game use supersampling and run at 30 FPS, let's change that by going back to \bin\config\base and modifying the visuals.ini file

Code:

[Visuals]
Gamma=1
MovieFramerate=30.0
MovieUbersampling=true

Change to

Code:

[Visuals]
Gamma=1
MovieFramerate=60.0
MovieUbersampling=false

That's all I got for now, hope it helps some of you out.

 

Well going by the Nvidia tweak guide, theres appears to be alot of .inf configurations that can be done..

 

Oh ok. Thanks.

 

anyone gonna be modding this to make it look like the 2013 ver?

 

I'm sure a lot of people are trying, it really depends how much code is left from the version shown at E3 2013 though, there is a good chance some of it is left, but kind of like Watch Dogs if people plan on bringing back the true E3 content, it has to at least still be in the games files, if there isn't any old code left the best we will see is mods that try to recreate the E3 trailers visuals, one thing I bet is still in there is the cinematic style camera for horse riding shown in the E3 2013 trailer, simply because it will be a very small tidbit and they wouldn't need to remove it for size reasons like they possibly would with effects or models and textures from the old version.

 

Hi PhazeDelta1, sadly for my system, i dont see any big improvements by adjusting that hair AA parameter.

here my results :

HairWorksAALevel = 8 (42.8 FPS)
http://i.imgur.com/RB3iRWY.png

HairWorksAALevel = 0 (43.3 FPS)
http://i.imgur.com/GbnN94Q.png

HairWorksAALevel = 2 (42.8 FPS) (sorry i did move forward a bit at same save)
http://i.imgur.com/ZsmtJ0L.png

But people were saying on steam that they had good increase by this tweak.

Hope someone with a top end PC setup can test this HairWorksAALevel config.

Maybe i am missing somethings, or my pc not giving me performance boost with 4 2 0 options. I really dont know.

And in theory it should work on both gerald and ALL options.

 

did anyone found how to increase the view distance ?

 

In User Settings in Documents\Witcher 3 find the lines

Up these for further view of detailed terrain and character textures as well as grass, foliage, and other textures

Code:

TerrainReadAheadDistance=140
TextureStreamingCharacterDistanceLimit=30.f
TextureStreamingDistanceLimit=200
GrassDistanceScale=1.5
FoliageDistanceScale=1.8
FoliageShadowDistanceScale=54
MaxVisibilityDepth=24 - [B][U]Not sure if this value will work over 24[/U][/B]

Code:

SwarmHideDistance=200
DecalsHideDistance=80
DimmerHideDistance=60
DynamicDecalsHideDistance=20
StripeHideDistance=60

After upping any values check in the render,ini file in the games folders to make sure no limits are set preventing you from going higher, if there are, change them to your new values or higher so the game will render what you tell it to, also make your User Settings file Read Only afterward.

 

oh ok thanks mkeezay29, so the only file that should be read only is the user.settings, the rest of the ini files can be tweak and left as they are ?

 

My tweak for smooth gameplay with max setings.
Turn Vsync on with 30fps cap, it runs better cause no stutters.

 

her's a video of a masterffect preset am working on

 

How is frametime @ 33ms on PC smooth..? :3eyes: It's not valid,it's wrong to say this.

I think MANY gamers are confused between smooth and no stutter (or micro-stuttering),different things people,way different things.

(unless we talk about Gsync or Freesync, then things are different,with limits and different requirements per monitor..)

 

No, some people just dont see a difference. I personally need around 65-70 Fps to see absolutely smooth movement, but 60 is ok.
But one of my friends is ok with only 40 Fps. It´s absolutely no difference to him. I first said, this can´t be, you never had 60 Fps before right? But no, we made a test on a homepage where a line moves from left to right and back again, while the Framrate is changing from 30 to 60 FPS and for me it was smooth on 54 FPs and above but he did only see the stuttering when the FPS fell under ~40 FPS.
Lucky Guy.....

 

The Witcher3 CineFX

Here's mine, a reshade file with cinematic colors and an in-game DOF, custom AO etc. Still tweaking for max performance.